560th Roundtable Recording with BV Jagadeesh, KAAJ Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: January 20 – Discussion on Funding Bootstrapping with Services Ventures with BV Jagdeesh

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest BV Jagadeesh, Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures, and a super accomplished serial entrepreneur.

Dataplant

Nilay Khadepau from Mumbai, India, pitched Dataplant a company focused on giving consumers better control over their data.

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560th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 560th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 20, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

560th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 20 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 560th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 20, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

January 20 – 560th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 560th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

10 Lessons We Have Learned Mentoring Startups

These days, everyone seems to be a startup mentor. Whether they have ever done a startup or not, whether they have ever raised money or not, they are ready to advise entrepreneurs.

I want to share some things we have learned in running the 1Mby1M program for the past twelve years. I feel that it may be useful for entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, advisors, mentors, and other players in the startup ecosystem to hear some of the highlights.

Throughout the years, we have continuously invited entrepreneurs to come speak with me about their business ideas during our Free Public Roundtables, held almost every Thursday starting at 8 a.m. PST. Serious entrepreneurs “pitch” and sell their business idea and receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any questions. Others “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat and all are welcome.

1. First, it is extremely difficult to give negative feedback to entrepreneurs without triggering a defensive reaction. I was not good at this when we started. I am very good at analyzing a business scenario, but I was never good at sugar coating the feedback in a way that is particularly nurturing or reassuring. Very early on in our experiments with online mentoring, we told entrepreneurs that this forum is for candid, constructive feedback, and that may include negative feedback. We don’t tell entrepreneurs what they want to hear. We tell them what they need to hear. While some egos get bruised, entrepreneurs have more or less accepted our approach, and have given us permission to ‘critique’ their ventures. I have, personally, gotten better at giving feedback in a palatable way. The biggest thing that has worked well is that we never, ever give negative input gratuitously. Everything has been in the spirit of helping both the entrepreneur(s) and the businesses grow. >>>

559th Roundtable Recording on January 13, 2022

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Roundtable Recap: January 13 – Consumer Data Privacy Discussion

During this week’s roundtable, we had a wonderful discussion on a Consumer Data Privacy startup idea.

DaXlens

Krishna Katragadda from Dublin, California, pitched Daxlens, a company focused on giving consumers better control over their data.

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